Chapter 60

Jackson is hovering by the door looking awkward, seeing as I have been in the lingerie department for the best part of an hour, and it's obvious he doesn't normally go knicker shopping with his wife. I told him not to come with me, I was quite happy to have a day going solo, but he got one sniff of me in the lobby and that was it. With Alexi in the building, there was no way he was going to let me wander off without an escort. He's my shadow for the day and as much as I told myself I needed solitude, he's been pretty good company; Carrying bags, making jokes, being a sunny personality in my outing. He doesn't know that today is any different to any other day, or so I assume. Although a couple times he has looked at me like he wants to say something, and he is being way more amenable than normal. I mean, usually, by now he would be looking fed up with my hours of retail therapy, instead of standing guard by the door with a perma-smile on his face as though he is having the best t